Ex Parte Dworkin et al - Page 1



               The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not     
               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.     


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                   Ex parte JAMES D. DWORKIN and MICHAEL J. TORLA                     
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                                Appeal No. 2006-0910                                  
                             Application No. 09/725,821                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before THOMAS, RUGGIERO, and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                     
          RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      
                                                                                     
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of           
          claims 1-8 and 14-18, which are all of the pending claims in this           
          application.  Claims 9-13 have been canceled.  An amendment filed           
          June 20, 2005 after final rejection has been approved for entry             
          by the Examiner.                                                            
               The claimed invention relates to the selective processing of           
          first and second hash algorithms in which a function circuit                


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